Lipstick holder



1940. r s. P. PETERSON 2,212,573

LIPSTICK HOLDER Filed Oct. 15, 1938 INVENTOR ATTQRN EYS Patented Aug. 27, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,212,573 LIPSTICK HOLDER. Gunnard P. Peterson, Naugatuck, Conn., assignor to The Risdon Manuf acturing Company, Naugatuck, Conn., a. corporation of Connecticut Application October 15, 1938, Serial No. 235,162

is held, and capable of production at low manufacturing cost. To this end, the invention consists, among other things, in forming the ele- 10 vator cup and the actuator sleeve respectively with portions embossed out of the material thereof and mutually engaging so that their relative rotation reciprocates. the elevator cup, as explained below.

v In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of the present. preferred form of the invention applied to a lipstick holder, and taken by way of example;

Fig. 2 is a similar section at right angles to Fig. 1 but showing the inner sleeve in elevation,

and a Fig. 3 is a perspective of the elevator cup. The elevator cup, marked I, slides in the inner sleeve 2 which is provided with a straight slot marked 3. The elevator is by preference provided with an inwardly-bossed circular bead 4, serving as a seat or stop shoulder for the cosmetic pencil designated 5 and is formed to have an easy sliding fit in its sleeve. It is'also formed with two outwardly bossed nibs B, one directly above, and the other directly below the groove produced by the head 4. These nibs project into and through the straight slot 3. The elevator thus turns with the sleeve when the latter is ro- 36 tated. The nibs 6 are preferably made by slitting the side wall of the cup to form a strap and bulging the strap outwardly, with the proper shape. See Fig. 3. Although the nibs may be otherwise formed, this method of embossing produces straight edges by which they engage the edges of the slot 3 and makes for smooth travel. The inner sleeve 2 is shouldered at I and again at 8, and its larger end portion constitutes an operating head or thumb piece designated 9, which may be knurled if desired and by means of which the inner sleeve 2 and elevator can be turned with respect to the surrounding or actuator sleeve marked Ill.

This outer sleeve is formed with an inwardly I projecting helical track I l preferably in the form of an'embossed bead and of such cross-sectional contour as to make a proper operating engagement with the notch formed between the two elevator nibs 6 which, as already stated, project through the slot 3. Relative rotation between 5 Claims. (01. 206-56) the inner and outer sleeves will thus result in longitudinal movement of the elevator. Such movement may be limited in the downward direction by the impingement of the lower nib upon the lower end of the slot 3, or of an elevator stop finger I2 upon the end wall l3 of sleeve 5 2, as preferred. In the upward direction it is limited by the engagement of the upper nib with the upper end of the nib slot 3. r

The outer sleeve II] is confined on the inner sleeve 2 at one end by theshoulder 8 and at the other by a circular outwardly bossed bead M on the inner sleeve 2 located near its upper end. As will be seen in Fig. 2 this bead [4 forms the upper bearing for the outer sleeve l0 and over- 15 lies the top end of the helical-track or bead H thereon, thereby retaining the sleeve on the shoulder 8. The sleeve in may also be support- I ed intermediate its end by the bearing which its helical boss has upon the surface of the inner sleeve.

For assembling the parts the inner sleeve 2 is cut or slit directly above the upper end of the nib slot 3. This slit is indicated at i5 in Fig. 2,

and extends through the circular bearing bead -l4. It is a reduced continuation of the slot 3 25.

and permits the walls of the inner sleeve to be spread apart far enough to pass the nibs 6 of the elevator and admit them into the nib slot 3. The same slit also permits the walls of the inner sleeve to be thereafter squeezed together so as to allow the helical track on the outer sleeve III to be passed over the circular bearing bead l4 and seated on the shoulder 8. On the return of the inner sleeve to its normal diameter, indicated in the drawing, all the parts are confined 35 in their final working relation. The helical track is snapped into the nib notch and when the cap or cover I6 has been applied, the article is complete and is composed of but four pieces, each of which can be rapidly made in automatic machinery. The cap l6 as here shown seats on the same shoulder 8 as forms the bearing for. the actuator sleeve, as a matter of preference, and is provided with a. moderate friction on the latter to guard against its dropping oif, but this friction is less than that which would be required to turn the embellished or encased, if desired, for the sake of appearance. It will be understood also that, as above stated, the embodiment of the invention above described, is exemplary only and not in limitation of the principles of construction and assembly defined by the claims.

I claim:

1. In a lipstick holder, the combination of an inner slotted sleeve, an outer sleeve rotatably confined thereon, an inwardly projecting helical bead embossed on the outer sleeve, an elevator in the inner sleeve formed with two outwardly embossed nibs one above the other having rounded extremities and projecting through the slotted sleeve, said helical bead being formed to ride on the exterior surface of the inner sleeve and said embossed nibs to embrace and ride on said embossed helical bead.

2. The construction of, the preceding claim in which said embossed nibs on the elevator have straight vertical boundaries to be guided in the slot of said inner sleeve.

3. In a lipstick holder, the combination of an inner slotted sleeve, an elevator slidable therein and provided with two nibs formed of cut portions of the elevator wall outwardly bulged to project through the slot in said sleeve, one above the other, and an outer sleeve rotatably confined on said inner sleeve and provided with an inwardly projecting helical track engaged between said nibs.

4. In a lipstick holder, the combination of an inner slotted sleeve, an elevator slidable therein and provided with an inwardly embossed circular groove and two outwardly embossed nibs on each side of said groove projecting through the slot in said sleeve, and an outer sleeve rotatably confined on said inner sleeve and provided with a helical track engaging the notch between said nibs.

5. In a lipstick holder, a casing having a hellcal track, an inner slotted sleeveand an elevator in such sleeve having means to engage said track and slot including a strap cut from the wall of the elevator, connected to such wall by both its ends and bulged outwardly at its middle to form a projection extending through said slot into engagement with said track and presenting the cut edges of the strap to the edges of the slot in said sleeve.

GUNNARD P. PETERSON. 

